Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Franciscan bluebells being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Mertensia ciliata
- Mertensia arizonica
- Mertensia paniculata
- Mertensia bella
- Mertensia lanceolata
- Mertensia fendleri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Boraginales
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Mertensia
- Species
- Mertensia franciscana
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